20 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aan" iciqtoq uk-weyman cua una 



snow repeatedly | well | he entered I when the door opened 1 lo | he | a 



nukatpiaq dmaqomk CLndiyamk dn-oyahk iceyami tavruma 



young man | with wolf | fringes I having clothes I when he entered I he | 



W^iXiyacum akianun aqovitoq agovitamk-ami oqalakioq apama 



the maiden i opposite | sat down | when he was seated I he said | my father | 



tdimaya qairurja oqalatqitjaunayo m^uk culi tatqayma 



because he sent me | I came I he not speaking again I a man | also I outside | 



tucaliyWkat taina culi iciXiyd'coq 



they heard him call again | in the same way | also | he entered too | when the 



uk-weyman cua una nukatpiaq dtiquluydtciaqtoaq 



door opened | lo | he la young man | who had beautiful caribou-skin boots | 



qaviknik cindiyamk an-oyayiptauq qavikmk ctniqaqmifjiqcuat 



with wolverine | fringes | his clothes also J wolverine skin | having also for 



tavruma nukdtpiam caneyanun aqoviVoq qaviUnyayaqtoaq 



fringes | he | the young man | beside him | sat down | he who wore wolverine 



oqalaktoq iXain-^aq civuXiqniyLyma 



skin I said 1 is it so indeed | j^ou have managed to precede me | I am going 



nuliayiniayiya na-umi pin^and'kin tdvrdni 



to marry her | not at all | shall you have her i thereupon | when the two were 



qapiqtailiydluaqmayndc tavruma mviaqcidm aparjan oqalautiyik 



wrangling together for a time I he | the maiden | her father | said to them | she 



maqotauniayivXuyo pdni acm" tdvra 



not being something to fight about | the daughter | well | then | they again be- 



maqoniakymiukXu dnCk-uyik pdqoyik dniruk aan" 



gan to fight I going out I he told them to do it | they went out | well | 



tatqayma icayotimaymk qiqiyaqtaqpdluaq 



outside I when they were told to go out | loud continuous stamping | they 



tucaqnacuyjyuktuk dnimaymk mdhktait- cuk cuyoyeqamdt 



believed they heard | when they went out | they did not follow | when they fin- 



qiqiyatjak nipakXicainaqXuni nuyuroq 



ished whatever it was | their stamping | at last gradually disappearing | it fin- 



dndqaqyiydluaqamLfj dqoliyd- cut 



ished I when they had idled away the evening for a while | they went to bed again | 



itiyamiy pdnidk itcuqtaliyd'coq 



when they rose | their daughter | went outside again as usual to look around | 



tautuk-e- tapkwak tumiyik iyXua dmaqum tumaicun acin" 



she saw them | those two | their tracks | the one | a wolf | like its tracks | but | 

 lyXuaptauq qavium tumaicun tavyayai 



the other also | a wolverine | like its tracks | she" followed them | those that were 



auqolaqmqcuat taina tavyaqnialaica tauiuk-a 



greatly stained with blood | thus I proceeding to follow them | she saw it | 



mayaqtoaq acm" ulakciya tikin^mayo cua 



something black | well | she proceeded over to it | when she reached it | lo | 



una qaVik toqoyaroaq taina qmHydluayamiuy 



jt I a wolverine | that was dead | so i when' she had examined it for a time | 



tautuk-a dUknicuyyuk cdneyani aivXuni oqalautiyik 



she saw it | a great rent | in its side I returning home | she told them I her 



